Howdy, so how are we getting on for nominations to the key post of Koha Dictator. I notice a certain amount of shyness at the moment, so how about some nominations from the floor? Oh look - I made some :-) /me hereby appologises in lieu of asking permission to nominate people The candidates are .... Me - well had to be really: Con's - am a Katipo person, haven't got a huge amount of time, am neither techy nor library, am likely to be influenced by what people are paying us (katipo) to do, have OOS so not fab at massive amounts of flame waring etc, can't spell (and this is important it seems). Pro's - good at being bossy and delegating, focused on getting things that matter done, have resources if necessary, have clear (in own head anyway) objectives for Koha, used to mediating between developers etc. Pat - Con's - probably busy, Pro's - not an active developer, seems fairly organised (if you can judge these things off a few e-mails), not a Katipo person, so better "neutrality" and sense of Koha moving beyond being a Katipo project. Rosalie - Con's - busy, public library focus, has had some time off with a broken wrist and may already be over committed, also a bit prone to OOS so not good at flame wars etc, not techy. Pro's - is good public "face" not at all open-source rabid hacker (appologies again to all who are offended :-), actually runs Koha in a live library, already answers lots of queries from libraries about koha, is a library person, has vested interest in Koha's sucess, also has resources behind her if necessary. Nick - Con's, Probably busy; Pro's - does simple documents for users (FAQ etc) , so knows Koha well but isn't actually a developer, not a Katipo person, so better "neutrality" and sense of Koha moving beyond being a Katipo project. Sorry - Nick I feel I should know more but them's the breaks. Roger - Con's, Probably busy (well who isn't :-); Pro's - documents stuff for techys (install file etc), so knows Koha well but isn't actually a developer, not a Katipo person, so better "neutrality" and sense of Koha moving beyond being a Katipo project, has been "point man" on the koha list helping people with their install probs, in touch with novice uses. Roger again sorry - you do such a lot and I know so little but please embelish. Anyone else - sorry I don't know everyone that well - so "proper" pro and con statements would be a great addition, and anyone else keen to throw their hat in would be welcome I'm sure. PEOPLE NOT NOMINATED I haven't nominated anyone who's actually working on the code (I think). It seems too much for someone to work on the code and be the dictator and hold down a day job IMHO. Let the campaigning or furious backpeddling begin :-) Cheers Rachel _____________________________________________________________ Rachel Hamilton-Williams Katipo Communications WEBMISTRESS ph 021 389 128 or +64 04 934 1285 mailto:rachel@katipo.co.nz PO Box 12487, Wellington http://www.katipo.co.nz New Zealand Koha Open Source Library System http://www.koha.org